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Nigeria Extends Closure of Airports by 2 Weeks to Contain Virus

A billboard mounted at the Airport Road to campaign against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus sits in Lagos, on April 20.

Photographer: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

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Nigeria extended the closing of the West African nation’s airports for two weeks as it continues a lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic.